Mendon’s football team welcomed in Edgerton (Ohio) Friday night. The Hornets, who scored the first 28 points of the game, went on to pick up a 41-6 victory.

Yet, the Hornets football team might not be completely happy with Friday’s win.

“We’ve got some things to work on that we saw tonight,” John Schwartz said after the victory. “We had six penalties and fumbled the ball once, so we’ll work on getting those things cleaned up. I didn’t think we blocked particularly well, either. But we’ll get back to work on those things.”

Offensive coordinator Glen Samson said the Hornets didn’t look as “crisp” as they normally do.

The Hornets jumped on Egerton out of the gate, marching down the field and getting a 12-yard touchdown run from Eli Klepper. A Robert Riley extra point made it 7-0.

Mendon’s defense was able to force a quick 3-and-out as Edgerton punted it back to the Hornets. Just a few plays later, Mitchell Coler found the end zone on an 8-yard TD run. Riley’s kick made it 14-0.

Edgerton, down by two scores early in the game, took to the air to try and get back in the game.

Josh Hawkins, Hornet junior defensive end, had other ideas. He picked off a pass and swayed around defenders to reach the end zone. Riley’s kick put Mendon up 21-0.

To open the second quarter the Hornet band continued to play the fight song as Coler found paydirt again, this time on a 5-yard run. Riley’s kick made it 28-0.

Edgerton would score their only points of the game on a 26-yard TD pass midway through the quarter. Mendon answered with a Jordan Medich to Parker Cupp 14-yard TD pass.

The Hornets led 34-6 at the break.

Later on in the third quarter, Brandon Bray would score the final points on a 4-yard TD run.

The Hornets finished with a 405-187 total yard advantage. They rolled up 259 yards rushing on 44 carries.

Coler led the way with 157 on 22 carries. Schwartz confirmed after the game that the Hornets’ leading rusher could miss significant time with a knee injury.

Bray had 39 yards on 10 carries, Medich had 24 on four carries and Klepper had 15 yards on three carries. Danny Cleveland added five carries for 24 yards.

Making six stops defensively to lead the way were Kyle Wiswell, Hawkins and Derek Zagon. Making five stops was Riley and Logan Slaughter.

The Hornets, who had to find a game next week because of Covert’s program dissolving, will play Lew Wallace High School next week at home.

Page 2 of 3 - Burr Oak 72, Litchfield 0

Burr Oak opened league play with a 72-0 drubbing of host Litchfield in Southern Michigan 8-man football Friday.

The win moves the Bobcats to 3-0 on the season.

“Overall, it was a pretty good night,” Burr Oak coach Ryan Stephens said. “It’s been a long time since Burr Oak won its’ first three games.”

The Bobcats jumped out to a 20-0 lead after one quarter and pushed the margin to 51-0 at halftime.

“It was a good job by the offense, we needed to clean up things, this was a fine-tuning week against a Litchfield team that is down this year,” Stephens said. “The defense did a great job shutting them out.”

Burr Oak held a 66-0 lead heading into the final quarter.

“The boys are building confidence week by week,” Stephens said. “They’re coming together as a team.”

James Saylor ran 12 times for 181 yards and four touchdowns and added a 5-for-5 passing day for 28 yards and two touchdowns.

Alejandro Munoz added seven carries for 110 yards, Chantz Owens tallied six runs for 122 yards and a score, Cole Summey had four rushes for 54 yards and Alex Campbell finished with 32 yards on two rushes with a score.

Hunter Dobberteen and Summey each had touchdown receptions.

Brent Everitt led the defense with 10 tackles, two sacks and two forced fumbles, Owens finished with seven tackles, Munoz had five tackles and two forced fumbles and Dobberteen totaled five tackles.

Munoz picked up a score on special team, stripping the ball on a kickoff and returning 25-yards for the score.

Bellevue 54, Colon 16

The Colon football team dropped their conference opener Friday night to Bellevue, 54-16.

Friday’s game started with a safety for Bellevue, who took a 2-0 lead.

They scored the next two offensive possessions as well, leading 18-0.

The Broncos blocked a punt and got a 3-yard TD plunge by Tyler Lane to take the lead.

In the second quarter, Bellevue ran away from the Magi, scoring 36 points. Lane scored twice more in the quarter in addition to TD scores from Ethan Bloch, Cole Madry and Darren Somers.

Colon scored all 16 of their points in the fourth quarter.

Brandon Elliot scampered in for an 11-yard run with 6:48 left in the contest. Ryan Napier added the 2-point conversion for the Magi.

Colon’s next drive, which resulted in a Napier 7-yard score, took 2:18 off the clock. Brandon Broker walked into the end zone on the 2-point conversion for the final points of the game.

Bellevue held a 315-129 yardage advantage in the contest.

Page 3 of 3 - Bailey Tyler led in rushing for Colon with 37 yards on seven carries.

Napier had 32 yards on 12 carries. Through the air Napier was 4-of-12 for 16 yards.

Defensively Zach Greenwald led Colon with six tackles while Napier have five, including 2.5 for loss. Ramsey Potter also had two tackles for loss with five total stops and Tyler Schiper added five tackles as well.

Lakeland 31, Angola 0

Lakeland improved to 4-0 on the season with a 31-0 win over Angola Friday.

The Lakers stout defense held Angola to -8 yards rushing and just 23 yards of total offense.

William Kelly hit Hunter Sams for the opening TD pass of the game. Up 7-0, Lakeland did not look back.

The Lakers would add another touchdown on a scoop and score from Wyatt Petty.

That allowed Lakeland to lead 14-0 at the half.

To open scoring in the third, Kyle Casper rumbled into the end zone. Taylor Raatz would add another rushing TD to open the fourth quarter and Lakeland led 28-0.

A Marco Olivares 37-yard field goal ended the scoring in the fourth.

Raatz led with 78 yards on four carries while Thomas Roebel added 56 and Josh Collyer had 43 yards.